STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR ROCKIES INTO NORTHERN PLAINS WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM MDT TUE APR 16 2013

...SNOW HAS LET UP IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS OF
COLORADO BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER TOMORROW...

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM PARTS OF UTAH ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...MUCH OF WYOMING...SOUTHEASTERN
MONTANA...AND INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

WINTER STORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
CENTRAL COLORADO AS WELL AS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 PM MDT...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WITH SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE OF
994 MB... 29.35 INCHES... WAS NEARLY STATIONARY IN WESTERN
COLORADO.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUED TO
FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWESTERN COLORADO BEHIND A STATIONARY
FRONT.  COLD AIR HAD SLOWLY MOVED INTO SOUTHWESTERN UTAH WHERE
RAIN HAD CHANGED OVER TO SNOW.  BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW HAD MOVED
NORTHWARD INTO PARTS OF WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR A
SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE.  MEANWHILE...SNOW IN CENTRAL
COLORADO HAD ENDED EARLIER TODAY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM MDT MON
APR 15 THROUGH 200 PM MDT WED APR 16...

...COLORADO...
GOLDEN 9.4 WNW                       24.5                    
ESTES PARK 1 SSE                     23.0                    
FORT COLLINS 2.8 NE                  21.5                    
JAMESTOWN 3 W                        21.0                    
GREELEY 10.5 SSE                     18.6                    
LOVELAND 12.2 W                      18.2                    
ERIE SW                              17.1                    
BOULDER 4.7 E                        16.1                    
LAFAYETTE 0.4 WSW                    16.0                    
LOUISVILLE 1 NNW                     15.7                    
GENESEE                              15.4                    
FREDERICK                            15.0                    
EVERGREEN 6.5 WSW                    14.5                    
ROLLINSVILLE 1.1 SSW                 13.3                    
WHEAT RIDGE                          12.6                    
DENVER 3 SE                           9.5                    

...MONTANA...
REED POINT 8.6 WSW                    6.0                    
OUTLOOK 5.6 WNW                       5.0                    
RED LODGE 3.0 SW                      5.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
NORTH PLATTE                          5.3                    
KIMBALL                               3.5                    

...UTAH...
BRIGHTON CREST                       13.0                    
ALTAMONT                             10.0                    

...WYOMING...
LANDER 5.7 SW                        10.5                    
CHEYENNE 9.6 E                        9.0                    
SAVERY 28 E                           9.0                    
PINE BLUFFS 8.2 WSW                   7.1                    
ENCAMPMENT 11 SSE                     6.0                    
LARAMIE 10 SE                         6.0                    
BURNS 6.5 WNW                         5.9                    
PINEDALE 13.8 NW                      4.6                    
WARREN AFB 20 WSW                     4.2                    
ALBANY                                4.0                    
BUFORD 6 W                            4.0                    
RIVERSIDE 17 ENE                      3.6                    
CENTENNIAL                            3.0                    

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...ARIZONA...
WINSLOW AIRPORT                       68                    
HOUSEROCK VALLEY                      63                    
SHOW LOW AIRPORT                      61                    

...COLORADO...
BLENDE 4 NE                           66                    
ROYAL GORGE 11 S                      60                    

...WYOMING...
LARAMIE                               57                    


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES IS FORECAST TO
BEGIN MOVING MORE STEADILY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT. 
THIS WILL ALLOW MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER TO SPREAD BACK INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILL AREAS OF
CENTRAL COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY.  FARTHER NORTH IN THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHTER AND MORE SCATTERED ON WEDNESDAY.  STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES... WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING TWO FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN
EASTERN WYOMING AS WELL AS FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES IN
COLORADO.  FARTHER NORTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES... AND ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO UPPER MIDWEST... SNOW TOTALS OF FOUR TO
EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 PM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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